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Oddgeir Berg

Electroacoustic jazz with one leg in melancholy and the other in ecstasy Jazz trios named after the piano player give certain expecations, be it Horace Silver and his tender "Que Pasa" or Esbjørn Svensson and his Northern sounds, clarity and intimacy are common to these, with a hint of tonal melancholy. These characteristics also feature on "Before Dawn", the debut album from The Oddgeir Berg Trio, who are clearly familiar with a Scandinavian jazz tradition. Tunes such as "The Mermaid’s Dance" and "Springeren" summon images of bonfires by the sea lit to herald the summer solstice, and the inevitable turn of the season when Autumn arrives and buries its roots and turns with fine melodic lines into the silence of winter

A Place Called Home

By Oddgeir Berg

Label: Ozella Music
Released: 2024
Track listing: Into The Mountains; As We Wander Around; Circle; Perpetuum Mobile, Triste; Hommage (Dance Like Nobody's Watching; Song For My Mother; Happiness Is Where You Are; Where The Sun Never Sleeps; Epilogue.

Dan McClenaghan's Best Jazz Albums Of 2024

by Dan McClenaghan
December 9, 2024

These recordings are 2024's best of the best. If the business of jazz is a rough go, the art of jazz thrives. Click on the album titles to see the full reviews. Bill AnschellImprobable Solutions Origin Records David FriesenThis Light Has ...

Oddgeir Berg Trio: A Place Called Home

by Dan McClenaghan
July 3, 2024

One place that Norwegian pianist Oddgeir Berg has called home is the island of Rolla, population 900. It is located in one of Norway's numerous fjords, rising from deep water to a 1000-meter peak. A visit to Google Images reveals verdant meadows and mountainous boulder-studded landscapes of stunning beauty--a picturesque and idyllic place. Berg's father was ...

Oddgeir Berg Trio At Scott's Jazz Club

by Ian Patterson
January 23, 2024

Oddgeir Berg Trio Scott's Jazz Club jny:Belfast, N. Ireland January 19, 2024 A cold Friday night in January. Belts tightened after the festive season splurging. Just the day before, 150.000 thousand public sector workers had gone on 24-hour strike over low pay--the largest such action in Northern Ireland in a ...

While We Wait For A Brand New Day

By Oddgeir Berg

Label: Ozella Music
Released: 2022
Track listing: The Dream Of Adam; Dancing Through The Storm; Lucky To Be Happy; Happy Morning; Psalmish; Sunday Mood; Scenes From A Movie; Bring On The Night; Post Mortem.

Oddgeir Berg Trio: While We Wait For A Brand New Day

by Dan McClenaghan
December 2, 2022

Writing about Norway's Oddgier Berg trio and discussing the group's terrific debut album Before Dawn (Ozella Music, 2018), one reviewer said that Berg and his mates were “A group to keep an eye and both ears on." That writer was spot on. The trio followed up that auspicious first effort with In the End ...

Christmas Came Early

By Oddgeir Berg

Label: Ozella Music
Released: 2021
Track listing: Na Tennes Tusen Julelys; It Came Upon A Midnight Clear; O Come All Ye Faithful; Det Hev Ei Rose Sprunge; Glade Jul (Stille Nacht); Mitt Hjerte Aiitid Vanker (My Heart Always Wanders); In Dulci Jubilo; Delig Er Jorden (Schonster Herr Jesu...).

In The End Of The Night

By Oddgeir Berg

Label: Ozella Music
Released: 2019
Track listing: Vagabond; American Dream; The Escape; List; Travellers; Way Home; Future Has Come; Lullaby For A.O.; Stars Aligned; In The End Of The Night.

Dan McClenaghan's Best Releases of 2019

by Dan McClenaghan
December 9, 2019

The music keeps moving forward, evolving to higher levels. My search for the best jazz recordings of 2019 led me to these outstanding CDs. These are presented in the order in which I discovered them. Iro Haarla, Ulf Krokfors & Barry Altschul Around Again Tum Records Finnish pianist Iro Haarla ...